Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday that India’s self-consciousness remained dormant as the country had almost lost self-awareness to the extent that a handful of foreign invaders succeeded in enslaving it and that it was Swami Vivekananda who awakened it. Addressing an event in Lucknow to mark ‘Rashtriya Yuva Shakti Diwas’ on the spiritual icon’s birth anniversary, the Chief Minister said, “Swami Vivekananda represented India which, at that time, due to its dormant consciousness, had almost lost its self-awareness. If you want to understand what slavery truly means, you can learn about it by looking at India of that time, which had lost its self-awareness to the extent that a handful of foreign invaders succeeded in enslaving the country. India was being plundered by a few people; its civilisation, culture, and traditions were being insulted,” the CM said. “Unhone kaha tha jisne sada manavata ke kalyan ka marga dikhaya main us parampara ka pratinidhitva is summit mein kar raha hun. Aur mujhe garva hai ki main Hindu hun. (He had said I …